Constantine X Doukas (1059-67)

Obverse

Christ seated on a lyre-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. No clear remains of epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Two figures: at left, the emperor Constantine X standing, holding the right hand before his chest and a globus cruciger in the left; and at right the Virgin standing, her right hand uplifted and touching the emperor’s crown in blessing. Sigla between them, above: Μ(ήτηρ) [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Faint traces of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border. The Virgin stands much taller than the emperor.

Obverse

Christ seated on a lyre-backed throne, wearing a tunic and himation and holding the right hand in blessing and a book in the left. No clear remains of epigraphy visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Two figures: at left, the emperor Constantine X standing, holding the right hand before his chest and a globus cruciger in the left; and at right the Virgin standing, her right hand uplifted and touching the emperor’s crown in blessing. Sigla between them, above: Μ(ήτηρ) [Θ(εο)ῦ]. Faint traces of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border. The Virgin stands much taller than the emperor.